House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives remains in "full support" of the Senate's Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which seeks Charter change (Cha-cha). ...
BACOLOD CITY – A campaign seeking to withdraw signatures for the People’s Initiative (PI) will be launched here on Saturday, January 27. Atty. Cesar Beloria Jr., an advocate on educating people about the PI, is calling for the withdrawal of these signatures, as he believed that most people who...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte What's so special about Philippine senators that they get to have the longest possible term in office among all elected officials? Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte asked this...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III appealed to President Marcos to step in the continuous Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts to amend the existing 36-year-old Constitution through People's Initiative (PI) that is causing a "disruption" between the Senate and the House of...
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s Office) Speaker Martin Romualdez has assured the public that the House will prioritize economic revisions when it comes to the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha). "May pagbabago na...
The move to overwhelm the Senate’s 24 votes with the House of Representatives’ over 300 votes is nothing short of an affront to the principles of bicameralism, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said. That is why, Estrada said insisting on a People’s Initiative (PI) as the mode to amend...
The Senate building (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has challenged senators to convince Filipinos to vote "no" to the People Initiative (PI) once the plebiscite is held. This, as the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Citing personal sources, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda told House reporters Wednesday, Jan. 24 that People’s Initiative (PI) proponents have successfully achieved the 12 percent threshold...
Deputy Speaker David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) People's Initiative (PI) critic Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez has had an inconsistent stand on Charter change (Cha-cha). Thus, said...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Risa Hontiveros and other opposition leaders vowed to block moves to amend the Constitution. FORMER Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, Atty. Chel Diokno, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros answer questions from reporters during their recent visit to Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) Hontiveros said they...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Has the Senate misled President Marcos on the matter of Charter change (Cha-cha)? House Deputy Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe thinks so. Dalipe came up...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez has denied for the second straight day any hand from himself or the House of Representatives in the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change...
